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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the controversial Arizona Democrat who threatens to derail President Biden's legislative agenda, received more than $750,000 in donations from the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. After that, she announced her opposition to a Democratic plan to lower prescription drug costs.

 

Reply to: Posting the obvious now fusty?

    (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 24 2021, @01:33PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 24 2021, @01:33PM (#1181106)

    Politician bought by deep pocket donor....

    This is nothing new. If you were to dig into any of the members of the House or Senate (except, maybe, Bernie) you'll find ample evidence of this pattern:

    1. Donor "A" with lots of money makes large contribution to politician X's campaign funds
    2. Politician X announces its opposition to bill Y which would be bad for the business that donor "A" operates

    And, if you dug long enough, you'd likely find this pattern from many more than a few of them:

    1. Donor "A" donates to politician X on date Y
    2. Politician X announces opposition to bill Z which would negatively impact the business area of donor A.
    3. Donor "B", whom operates a business in opposition to donor A, donates to politician X on date Z (Z > Y)
    4. Politician X announces support for bill Z (same bill Z) which would negatively impact donor A, but would positively impact donor B (by negatively impacting donor A).

    They are all guilty of the first list, and a subset of all are guilty of the steps in the second list. This is what happens when things like "Citizen's United" allowed corporations unfettered donation ability. The politicians are simply for sale to the highest bidder (donor).

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